Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-18
RAILROAD HORRORS.
Record of the More Notable Disasters of
this Kind.

Record of the More Notable Disasters Of
this Kind.
Mondays horror on the Boston and
Providence railroad near Rosindale recalls
the records of former railroad disasters
of magnitude, of which the following are
most notable
1s22-May s, 53 passengers burned to
death near Bellevile, France.
1S53-May 6, 46 persons killed, 30 injured
at open drawbridge, Norwalk, Conn.
lS54-October "a, 40 passengers killed on
the Great Western in Canada.
1S56-July II, 62 persons, mostly children,
burned and 100 injured on North
Pennsylvania.
IS57-March II, TO killed on Great West
ern of Canada at Des Jardlnes canal.
June 2S, II killed and 100 injured
near Lewisham, England.
1S59-June ~, 30 killed and 10 injured on
Michigan Southern, near South
BeLd, lnd.-August ., l3kiled on AL
bany, Vermont and Canada road at
Tomhannock creek.-December 81,
IA killed at bridge near Columbus,
Ga.
ls6l-August %, % killed, 100 injured at
Croydon tunnel, near London.
1S62-October 10, ID killed, 60 injured near
Winchburg, Scotland.-July Is, 80
killed and 90 injured on Erie road,
near Port Jervis, n. Y.
1S67-Decembe II, Is lives lost and 20 in
jured at the Harlow bridge on the
Central Vermont, near Northtield.-
December 49, 40 burned to death
near Angola, n. Y, on the Lake
Shore road.
1s6S-April IA, 20 killed, GO injured near
Port Jervis, \. Y,.-August 20, 80
burned at Abergele, North Wales
August 20, II killed, 60 Injured on
Northwestern railway of Bohemia.
lS69-July Il, 10 burned at Mast Hope, \.
Y, on Erie road.
1S7l-July 3. Is killed, 20 injured at Hnr
peth River, Tenn.-August %, 30
killed, 80 injured in collision at Re
we're, Mass.-February 4, - lives lost
by the burning of an oil train at
New Hamburg, \. Y.
lS72-Decembe "a, 10 killed by a train fall
ing into a ravlne at Norwich, Eng
land.
1874 September 10, "a killed, 40 injured in
collision at Shipton, England.-Sep-
TENDER 90. 43 drowned by train
plunging into Cherwell river, Eng
land.
1S76-January 81, 10 killed by collision on
the Great Northern railway, Eng
land.-Septemb 26, 25 killed by ac-
cident at Black Lick station, Pa.
December 2S, over 100 lives lost by
disaster at Ashtabula, Ohio
lS79-Decemher %, 200 drowned by the
train breaking. through the Tay
bridge, Scotland.
lSsl-March !, 40 emigrants killed in col
llsion at Macon, Mo. Wreck train
going to scene of disaster was ditch
ed and . killed.
lsS2-Jan. Il, collision on the Hudson
river road near Spuyten Duyvel; S
lives lost.
1ss3-March 30, 80 lives lost by accident on
Cincinnati southern road near Ma
sons Station. OhiO.-,JuQp %. is
Cinnamon killed on the Northern
Pacific road in Montana. July 2S,
90 killed and and 10 injured on the
Rome and Watertown road, near
Carlyon, n. Y.-November 20, Is
killed at St. Meen, France.
lSS4-January =, % killed in collision
near Toronto, Can.-May |, collision
near Connellsvllle, Pa. IA lives
lost.-June q, IA killed on Missouri
Pacific near Mineola. ~, IA
killed at Laredo, New Mexico
June 2o train falls through bridge
and in iured.-July &c. accident on
Manchester & Sheffield road, Eng
land: % lives lost .-November II, II
killed in collision at Hauau, Austria
lSS5-Jauuary 30, 40 killed in disaster near
Sydney, n. S. W.-June 8, train de
rallied by robbers near Raslotf, Rus
STA, and 70 killed and injured. -Octo
Der Is, II killed in collision at Jersey
City.-December Is, II lives lost In
collision near Anstell, Ga.
lSS6-January 10, train wrecked at Vol
DIVA Peru and 80 soldiers killed. -
March 10, collision between Monte
Carlo and Mentone, Italy; 20 killed
September IA, % killed in collision
on the Nickel Plate road near Buffa
10. n. Y.-October %, 10 burned t
death near Rio, Wis.-November 3
train wrecked near Odessa, Russia
and 40 soldiers killed.-Decembe IS
collision at kharhou, Russia; /,
killed.
lSS7-January t. collision near Tiffin
Ohio; 20 lives lost February 3
disaster on Central Vermont railroad
near Hartford 30 killed and 40 in
jured.